Flip-It: Planter For All Seasons and Holidays

With a quick flip or switch of the quilted square, your work space will be refreshed and updated all year round. Your 9-to-5 desk, home office or craft table. Any space large enough to hold a container.

I rescued these wooden frames from the trash bin at my last J O B.

They originally housed a cute little battery-operated calculator/clock/calendar.

But sadly, like most things these days, the batteries were dead on arrival and some of the clocks got discarded. BUT nothing was wrong with the wood frames. I bagged them. Took them home. After four years, I still hadn’t done anything with them.

Then last year I decided to dust them off and make something. Hubby even helped out. He screwed in a side hinge. Which didn’t work. The sides didn’t line up for the box effect I wanted. He drilled holes in them and I tied them together with cord. Still not what I wanted. That’s when I thought of duct tape. Michaels had some really cute tape in fashion colors and designs. Bought some. Tried again. It worked.

I made these boxes.

And then I quilted squares from scraps to fit inside the outer frames.

This year I thought I would try something different. Valentine’s Day fabric on the front. Spring fabric on the back. A little fabric time travel, if you will. :D

Just finished these new ones today.

My project uses five frames to create each box. Frames can be also be used to display photos, cards, artwork, etc. I like how they look with the quilted squares.

Any fabric will work or even scraps. Fabric for one season or holiday on front. A different season or holiday hidden on the back until you flip it. Just like a calendar.

Make them for all the major holidays. Could even give as a gift. Use birthday fabric. And how about a baby shower with baby-themed fabric? Fill the box with baby bath products. So many ideas!!

If anyone would like to make their own Flip-It Planter, I can put some frames in my Etsy Shop. One dollar each plus shipping. E-mail me or leave a comment. Thanks!!

Fabrics I used: Moda on the front and Michael Miller’s Citron Gray on the back. The gray polka dot came from JoAnn’s. Warm and Natural cotton batting.

I love that you recycled something like this. My hubby doesn’t understand why I collect things as he calls it. But this is an example of the kind of reasoning behind my collecting. Nice, green and useful too.

I collect all sorts of containers which may be useful one day, I hope. Especially LOVE the little plastic containers with the red tops from KFC. I have about 50 of them!! Even hubby saves them for me. LOL!! Got him trained.

Deb, your post made me smile. Remember the last time I tried to change the header. LOL!! This time I played around with it for hours. Yesterday. I had to make and remake the photomerge about six times until I got it like I wanted. I almost e-mailed you for help but kept at it.

Sarah, yes, I do plan to come back. If I have something new to showcase. Thanks for hosting.

Ok, I’ll have to write this in the form of an outline – several topics! LOL

1. Love your new header! Of course, for a second I thought I was in the wrong house! ;-)

2. OMG! The KFC containers! I have ’em too. I use them for beads and current beading projects. They’re great for counting out the supplies needed in a bead-weaving design and then toting one little container to the TV! ;-)

3. You are TOO clever! Those picture frames are adorable with quilted squares in them !!! (And so sweet that hubby helped with your first attempt to use them!)